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This study examines children's and parents' understanding on online privacy and factors influencing their understanding and views. 10 focus group session were conducted with 57 Scottish pupils aged 9 to 11-years-old in one school in Edinburgh and out of that 26 pupils and 8 parents from those pupils were interviewed. The study found that the active mediation, restrictive mediation, and technical mediation strategies support children’s privacy from parents. However, the restrictive, monitoring and technical monitoring strategies provide children with a limited ability to practice online autonomy. In addition, there are four (4) key factors influencing parents' internet mediation style identified by this study were: (1) media report on Internet harms and consequences, (2) parents’ views on privacy, (3) children’s maturity, and (4) children's ability to cope with upsetting material.
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Alias, A., & Nasri, N. M. (2023). Children and Parents’ Understanding on Online Privacy and Its Relationship With the Internet Parental Strategies. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13(12), 3055–3071.
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